Crossword clues for beaner
The Collaborative International Dictionary
beaner \beaner\ n. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
Syn: beanball.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context US racial slur offensive English) A Mexican. Etymology 2
n. 1 (context baseball English) A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the (term bean English)) of the batter. 2 (context by extension informal English) head.
WordNet
n. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head [syn: beanball]
Wikipedia
Beaner is a derogatory slang term that refers to Mexicans, used in reference to people of Hispanic ancestry. The term originates from the prevalence of pinto beans and other beans in Mexican cuisine.
According to The Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the word was first seen in print in 1965, although the term has reportedly been in use at least since the 1940s (perhaps having evolved from previous slurs such as "bean-eater" and "bean-bandit" that were in use since as far back as the 1910s.)
It appears that the term may be going through a phase of melioration, where the negative connotation of an ethnic slur is "reclaimed" by those against whom it is directed and used in a neutral or even positive manner.
Usage examples of "beaner".
You show up in a beaner truck loaded with bullet holes and you might just disappear.
The frizzy-rugged beaner at the wheel shouted something and threw himself around for a while, but I kept on not not smoking quietly in the back, and nothing happened.
I believe our next great evolutionary advancement will be some kind of whacky gestalten outgrowth of the body and the beaner.
The frizzy-rugged beaner at the wheel shouted something and threw himself around for a while, but I kept on not not smoking quietly in the back, and nothing happened.
DT would praise whoever had discovered the tunnel and would estimate in a loud voice how many beaners they had “refried.
You think the beaners be waitin’ in the passes, wavin’ their white flags?